Deported veterans protest in Mexico on US Veterans Day
Deported veterans protest in Mexico on US Veterans Day
AFP•November 11, 2017
The Mexican veterans, despite their far-flung service, were deported for committing crimes
(AFP Photo/HERIKA MARTINEZ)
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (AFP) - A group of Mexicans who served with the US military in Vietnam and Iraq only to be deported held a Veterans Day protest on Saturday in the border city Ciudad Juarez.
A stone's throw from the bridge between Juarez and El Paso, Texas, the deportees demonstrated with the flags of their US military units.
"We served a country that has cheated us," said Jose Francisco Lopez Moreno, 64. Many Mexicans have served in the US military in exchange for expedited residency.
But these veterans were deported for committing crimes, despite risking their lives in far-flung combat.
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